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  • Financial Markets Crumble As Greece Rejects Austerity, China Teeters On Collapse

    07/06/2015 10:50:57 AM PDT · by SkyPilot · 89 replies
    Addicting Info ^ | 6 July 15 | Nathaniel Downes
    In 2011 the biggest fear from the Greek financial crisis was that it would cause a ripple effect throughout the global economy. But despite years given to de-leverage themselves, banks worldwide are still exposed to Greece, carrying more derivatives than ever tied to the tiny European state. Now that the Greek citizens have rejected the austerity measures proposed by the EU, we are facing a real potential of a Greek default, which could trigger a cascade collapse of credit default swaps and cause the implosion of the German central bank. Then, a continent away, we are facing trouble of a...